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The infinite potential of human collaboration

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On November 2, 2000, a space capsule carrying three astronauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). It was appropriately named “Expedition 1,” and it was the beginning of 2…

On November 2, 2000, a space capsule carrying three astronauts arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). It was appropriately named “ Expedition 1 ,” and it was the beginning of 20 years of humans continuously living and working onboard the ISS. Just two months after the landing of Expedition 1, another seemingly impossible human endeavor launched back on Earth: Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia of free knowledge made by and for humans everywhere. “Once considered to be impossible projects, two decades later, Wikipedia and ISS are both enduring beacons of knowledge.&#

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